Extract from Page Tutor--Tables--Lesson 15

Here's a situation where a table can solve a common problem.
Say you've got this great idea for an animated gif. But the picture you want to use is pretty big. Since you know that an animated gif is basically a series of gifs displayed one after another, you cringe at the size this thing is going to be. Your viewers won't be too happy about a 700Kb clodhopper coming down the pike at them. Not only that, but because of its size, their browser is going to choke trying to display it. One solution? Cut it up and display it as a table.

Here's an example:

Netscape vs. Microsoft?

Artwork by Boris Vallejo

Here is the same table with the CELLSPACING set to 3.

Netscape vs. Microsoft?

The only part of the picture that is animated are the eyes.

Here is the html code for that table. (The caption is just something I added for my own amusement. It is not required nor does it have any impact on the rest of the table)

<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>
<CAPTION ALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE=6><B><I>Netscape vs. Microsoft?</I></B></FONT></CAPTION>

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=3><IMG SRC="dragon/dragon4.gif" WIDTH=250 HEIGHT=406></TD>
<TD><IMG SRC="dragon/dragon3.gif" WIDTH=122 HEIGHT=109></TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=3><IMG SRC="dragon/dragon5.gif" WIDTH=219 HEIGHT=406></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD><IMG SRC="dragon/anidrag.gif" WIDTH=122 HEIGHT=50></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD><IMG SRC="dragon/dragon2.gif" WIDTH=122 HEIGHT=247></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

This is the layout.